Camp-stool cane.



W. JASINSKI.

CAMP STOOL CANE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, 1914.

Patented July 13, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANonRAPH CO.,WASHINGTON. nv c4 WLADYSLAW JASINSKI, OF INDIANAHARBOR, INDIANA.

CAMP- STOOL CANE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Application filed October 9, 1914. Serial No. 865,891.

To all 107mm it may concern.

Be it known that LIWLADYSLAW JASINSKI, subject of the Czar of Russia,residing at Indiana Harbor, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Camp-Stool Canes,of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in campstool canes.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a walking cane with afoldable head or handle which forms a seat when in its open position.

A further object of the device is to provide a member serviceable as awalking cane or club and having a foldable seat member carried therebyordinarily utilized as a carrying handle.

A still further object is to provide a spring-held shank within the endof a cane and having a foldable seat upon its outer end, the seat beingretained in its closed position and serving as a handle when the shankis completely inclosed in the cane.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth inthe appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device operativelypositioned as a cane. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the shankpartially withdrawn for releasing the handle. Fig. 3 is a side view ofthe device with the handle unfolded in the form of a seat. Fig. 4 is atop plan view of the device positioned as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is anenlarged side view thereof partly broken away and with the cane shaft incentral longitudinal section. Fig. 6 is a centrallongitudinalse'ctionthrough the caneshaft with the device in its cane formation, thehead and shank being shown in elevation. Fig. 7 is a perspective view ofa portion of the shank detached. Fig. 8 is an enlarged transversesectional view through the cane, and Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectionalview throughthe hinged connection of the shank and foldinghandle-members.

Referring more in oletail to the drawings the cane 1.0 is illustratedformed in two sections 11 and 12 secured together and having a weightedferrule 13 at the lower end thereof and provided with a tapered bore 14:at its upper end which terminates in an eg -shaped recess 15 within thebody of the cane-shaft. A shank lfi tapered for entering the bore 1 1-is positioned within the said bore and has oppositely arranged springs17 upon its lower contracted end which springs are positioned within therecess 15 and at all times resiliently engage the sides of said recess.Two rings 18 of slightly different diameters are firmly secured withinthe bore 1 1 of the shaft and project therein sufliciently to be engagedby the transversely positioned pins 19 carried by the shank and thus alimited movement of the shank within the bore is permitted but theentire removal of the shank is prevented.

The cane head or handle 20-is formed in two sections 21 and 22 each ofwhich is hinged to the top face 23 of the shank upon a single hinge pin24 mounted thereon. The hinging of the handle sections upon the shank isaccomplished by means of curved metal frames 25' which are secured toand recessed in the inner faces of the sections being of substantiallythe same curvature as the sections and having base portions 26projecting beyond the base portions 27 of the handle sections as bestshown in Fig. 9 and thus positioning the handle slightly spaced abovethe shank and allowing the sections to fold downwardly in oppositedirections with the portions 26 engaging the top of the shank and withthe bases 27 of the sectionsresting upon the top of the cane asillustrated in Figs. 3 and 5. It will be thus seen that with the devicepositioned as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6, the same may be employed inthe manner of the usual walking stick or cane but that the handle may beforcibly pulled outwardly together with the shank 16 to the positionillustrated in Fig. 2 and whereupon the handle sections may be movedupon their hinges and separated so as to assume a horizontal positionmember at the enlarged end-'of the cane. A unitary structure is thusprovided in which a serviceable cane may be quickly formed into a seatand the same maybe positioned upright in the ground if desired byforcing the end ferrule 13 thereinto.

"as illustrated in Fig. 3 and forming a seat ofsaid shank and disposedin said recess,

foldable head sections hinged to the upper end of said shank and adaptedfor fiat positioning upon the end of the shaft when the device is in itsseat formation.

'2. A device of the class described comprising a sectional cane shafthaving a tapered bore in one end thereof terminating inwardly in asubstantially eg -shaped recess, rings of different sizes secured in thewalls of said recess and projecting within the bore, a tapered shank,opposite springs adjacent the smaller end of said shank engaging withinthe said recess, the said shank being longitudinally shiftable withinthe said bore, oppositely positioned stop- WLADYSLAW J ASINSKI.

Witnesses BOLESLAM SALIK, EDMUND SZYMEZAK.

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I Washington, D. G.

